Boring computer questions in the Sandbox

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how do i fix my backspace key - it is stuck. i have a dell. laptop.

sarahel, Thursday, 8 December 2011 21:46 (twelve years ago) link

does anyone actually LIKE Perforce

OH NOES, Monday, 12 December 2011 20:33 (twelve years ago) link

hi can anyone recommend an easy and free bit of software that will rip my dvd's to avi format?

Fozzielad, Saturday, 17 December 2011 01:00 (twelve years ago) link

I don't have data on my phone. how can I load the kindle app onto it? It's a blackberry.

calstars, Sunday, 18 December 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link

Download it to computer and sync w cable?

Stevie :-D, Sunday, 18 December 2011 21:50 (twelve years ago) link

also fozzielad everyone seems to love HandBrake

Stevie :-D, Sunday, 18 December 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link

cheers x

Fozzielad, Sunday, 18 December 2011 21:55 (twelve years ago) link

Oh, thanks for your response, quincie. My bookmark for this thread got muffed up.

I thought I had a another boring question, but I think it's sorted. But I'll ask anyway: Malware Bytes: C/D? Is free good enough, or upgrade to Pro?

Sandbox Jesse, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link

I have a bunch of manilla folders in my bookmarks toolbar on Firefox. (Categories like humor, music, news etc.) I would like to replace the folders with icons (images I find or make). As it is I have to hover over the manilla folders to discover what they are as I can't seem to memorize them by position. How can I do this? I use the Smartest Bookmarks Bar addon fwiw. Can't seem to figure this out via Google search.

wrinklepause, Friday, 30 December 2011 02:44 (twelve years ago) link

Ok, help. fucking help. I have this insane malware on my laptop now called Win 7 -- it's a fake antivirus thing that seems to have completely fucked up my computer. I get tons of popup windows, all my start menu options are gone, many programs won't open, etc.

I ran a special tool that disables the processes associated with the program. It actually worked, and then I ran adaware, which removed two "trojans" after a long scan, and I thought everything was fine. But it's still there and the next time I booted it was the same problem again.

To make things worse, I can't find my windows discs. HELP

Hurting, Sunday, 1 January 2012 23:15 (twelve years ago) link

Mrs. Redd's relative got this same virus yesterday, I think she just took her computer to Staples and let them fix it. I think you can also use some other software to get rid of it, but you might have to also manually delete stuff from the registry

I'm in the sandbox with the tombstone HOOS (James Redd), Monday, 2 January 2012 00:50 (twelve years ago) link

my moms opened a fedex email and had the same thing happen. she had to take it in to fix it too

kamb, Monday, 2 January 2012 01:50 (twelve years ago) link

my moms opened a fedex email and had the same thing happen. she had to take it in to fix it too

kamb, Monday, 2 January 2012 01:50 (twelve years ago) link

Yeah, exactly the fedex announcement. Although it was in the spam filter

I'm in the sandbox with the tombstone HOOS (James Redd), Monday, 2 January 2012 01:53 (twelve years ago) link

I think I fixed it -- first you have to get this thing called RKill (just google it) which stops all the processes. You need the file with a disguised extension (it's .com or .something else instead of .exe) so the virus doesn't block it. Then after it stopped everything, I made sure McAfee antivirus was fully updated (this took a long time for some reason -- I think the malware might have made screwed something up). Finally, I ran a full scan using mcafee, which found like 20 different infected files. Then I restarted and had to run one more scan, and finally a lot of my files were back, although things are still a little screwed up, e.g. netflix/silverlight wouldn't work even after I reinstalled the browser and silverlight.

Hurting, Monday, 2 January 2012 03:03 (twelve years ago) link


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